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FOOD 52’S ITALIAN JAM SHORTBREAD TART

IN ITALIAN, THIS SUPERB ALMOND AND JAM CONFECTION IS CALLED A ‘FREGOLOTTA’. ANDREW CALLS IT ONE OF THE EASIEST TARTS HE EVER BAKED. That’s today’s recipe. As long as you’ve got butter, sugar, and flour, you can toss whatever jams or nuts you have in…

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Dorie Greenspan’s Mostly Rhubarb Tart with Strawberries

The Doyenne of Baking adds Strawberries to this custardy confection but its flavor is Rhubarb-forward. Rhubarb, with its vibrant red stalks and uniquely tart flavor, has been a staple in culinary traditions for centuries. Botanically, Rhubarb is actually a vegetable. But it’s used in desserts…

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These Lemon-Almond Meringue Tarts made their Baker a Star

Their almond-flavored crust, lemon curd, and marshmallow meringue make a star turn every time you bake them. Matt Lewis was an adman who fell in love with baking. And he fell hard. With his partner Renato Poliafito, he turned their hobby into a bakery called…

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Stone Fruit Galettes from Tartine Bakery, San Francisco

Now is the perfect moment for making these rustic pastries. Last weekend, Andrew was delighted to be back baking after a long winter hiatus. And the first thing he baked was a stone fruit galette. It brought back memories of the individual galettes he had…

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Dorie Greenspan’s Bakewell Tart

This rendition of a British Classic features a perfect buttery crust topped with Raspberry jam, an almond sponge cake, slivered almonds, and streusel. Today’s Dorie Greenspan recipe is from her latest cookbook: “Baking with Dorie: Sweet, Salty and Simple” (Houghton, Mifflin & Harcourt 2021). It’s…